The aim of the OpenSAFELY SRO is to describe trends and variation in clinical activity codes to evaluate NHS service restoration during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The purpose of this notebook is to provide a breakdown of key GP measures, that are indicative of changes in overall activity during the pandemic, by healthcare inequalitis. These healthcare inequalities include geographic region, age band, sex, index of multiple deprivation (IMD), ethnicity and learning disability status. For each of these measures we provide a link to the codelist containing all the codes used for that measure, a description of what the measure is and a brief overview of why the measure is important. We also highlight any caveats, where there are any, for each measure. For each key measure, monthly rates of recorded activity are provided for each healthcare inequality subgroup.
The following key measures are provided:
The codes used for this measure are available in this codelist.
Rate of systolic blood presure monitoring per 1000 members of the population.
The codes used in for this measure are available in this codelist.
Rate of cardiovascular disease risk assessments performed per 1000 members of the population.
The codes used in for this measure are available in this codelist.
Rate of total cholesterol tests performed per 1000 members of the population.
Here, we use codes which represent results reported to GPs, so tests requested but not yet reported are not included. This will usually exclude tests requested while a person is in hospital and other settings, like a private clinic.
The codes used in for this measure are available in this codelist.
Rate of ALT tests performed per 1000 members of the population.
In a small number of places, an ALT test may NOT be included within a liver function test. We use codes which represent results reported to GPs so tests requested but not yet reported are not included. Only tests results returned to GPs are included, which will usually exclude tests requested while a person is in hospital and other settings like a private clinic.
The codes used in for this measure are available in this codelist.
Rate of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) tests performed per 1000 members of the population.
Here, we use codes which represent results reported to GPs, so tests requested but not yet reported are not included. This will usually exclude tests requested while a person is in hospital and other settings, like a private clinic.
The codes used in for this measure are available in this codelist.
Rate of RBC count tests performed per 1000 members of the population.
Here, we use codes which represent results reported to GPs, so tests requested but not yet reported are not included. This will usually exclude tests requested while a person is in hospital and other settings, like a private clinic.
The codes used in for this measure are available in this codelist.
Rate of HbA1c tests performed per 1000 members of the population.
Here, we use codes which represent results reported to GPs, so tests requested but not yet reported are not included. This will usually exclude tests requested while a person is in hospital and other settings, like a private clinic.
The codes used in for this measure are available in this codelist.
Rate of sodium blood tests performed per 1000 members of the population.
Here, we use codes which represent results reported to GPs, so tests requested but not yet reported are not included. This will usually exclude tests requested while a person is in hospital and other settings, like a private clinic.
The codes used in for this measure are available in this codelist. QoF recommends a number of codes that can be used by practices as an asthma annual review. These are all included in our codelist.
Rate of asthma reviews performed per 1000 members of the population.
The codes used in for this measure are available in this codelist.
Rate of COPD reviews (primarily annual reviews, but also includes codes for 6 month and 3 month reviews) performed per 1000 members of the population.
The codes used in for this measure are a combination of codes available in this NHS Digitatil medication planning refset and this primary care domain medication review refset.
Rate of recording of codes related to medication reviews performed per 1000 members of the population.